i was recently re-reading some old posts when there in front of my eyes in black and white was the answer i had been looking for. i play thru a fender hot rod deluxe (speaker taken out) thru a commonwealth in a ssp cab---sounds pretty good but something was missing---i used the stock jerry amp settings--treble on 10- mids on 5 and bass on 0-- not entirely happy. so i come across this post "thick and thin" and waldo tells me in 1 sentence everything i've been looking for----treble between 4 to 7 depending on the room- mids cranked all the way and bass up to 3! i'm thinkin what the ----? so i try it----- total bliss --- i'm in jerry heaven- i can'y believe how good it sounds---then sarno further tweaks it and pin points it down to bass-2.3 to 2.5---you guys are right on!!!!!!!! it is very apparent that there is a handful of guys that really know what there talking about--- my suggestion to all the other readers out there---LISTEN TO THEM so to waldo,sarno and the few others THANK YOU!!!!!! TommyBo

When I first found this board, I think I read every post. There were debates on very small details, but through all that reading the core of the Jerry tone question changed very little. As I have built & modified my own equipment, the sound advise found here (and given freely) by Brad, Mike (Waldo), and others has always played out. Even in heated debate (The Waldo/RiverRat/Alligator comes to mind), the core truth seems to win out.

As guitar players ...everyone hears an iconic tone in their head. 99% of Garcia tone building is here from an equipment standpoint... now if only my brain & hands would cooperate ....

yea you really just gotta go with what sounds right to you. On my Pro Reverb for instance, after a couple years of fussing I realized that my favorite settings are Treble and Bass around 3-3.5 and the bright switch on. Then again, Im not trying to cop exact Garcia tone. But that sounds best to me and works with my gear and whichever I guitar I plug into it for the most part

Really? What do most people do? Using Waldos revised treb : 4-7 mid:10 bass 2-3 I feel like I get pretty close with a coil tapped super 2 or a strat with 60s custom shop pickups. As an amp / pre I am using a Silverface Bandmaster and a 2 x 12 D120 cab

The bright switch is a bit much. What say you?

--"And I'm here by the road, tied to the load, that I picked up in ten thousand cafes and bars" - Barlow

Really? What do most people do? Using Waldos revised treb : 4-7 mid:10 bass 2-3 I feel like I get pretty close with a coil tapped super 2 or a strat with 60s custom shop pickups. As an amp / pre I am using a Silverface Bandmaster and a 2 x 12 D120 cab

The bright switch is a bit much. What say you?

I say... At bedroom/apartment appropriate sound levels IE around 2 (I really should get a practice amp, but for the moment my Twin serves as my house woodshedding amp as well as my stage rig), the bright switch can be a nice thing. Actually I think that's why it's on there, to give the amp that zing at lower volumes.

With the Volume on 10, the Bright switch is effectively out of the circuit, wether it's on or off.If you have a Pre-amp out (so you can control the actual volume with the Power Amp), you can run the amp starting with Volume knob on 10, then bring it down a notch at a time and hear how the Bright switch on/off interacts with Tone at various Volume settings.

Some folks find it useful, simple as that.YMMV.I've used this example before, but... for example, if I'm playing Jerry stuff at rehearsal volume on a Les Paul with no coil splits, I'm gonna be using the bright switch.I use it to make sure the wound strings sound right. I hate muddy wound strings.It really should have been a third button on the Rev/Trem foot-switch, so you can toggle it on off as you play from high to low.This is also true about the "Range" knob on a MuIII. Shoulda been a foot button.